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Ray Schrock
Position
Ray Schrock, Global Chair of the Restructuring & Special Situations Practice, represents public and private companies, private equity sponsors, creditors, and other clients in complex liability management transactions and complex international and US restructuring matters.
Widely recognized as one of the world’s leading restructuring lawyers, ranked Band 1 by Chambers & Partners globally and in the United States, Ray advises leading public companies, financial institutions, private equity funds, portfolio companies, and creditors on matters across multiple sectors in complex liability management transactions and restructurings.
Ray has led some of the world’s most novel and complex liability management transactions and complex restructurings, including: Sears, J. Crew, Serta Simmons Bedding, AMC Entertainment, Steward Health Systems, PG&E, Air Methods, Southeastern Grocers, Tidewater, DiTech, A&P Supermarkets, Ally Bank/ResCap, and many others.
Before joining Latham, Ray was practice co-chair and global management committee member at another leading global law firm.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
(Leading partners)Latham & Watkins LLP
has substantially enhanced its market position through a series of senior lateral hires. Operating across multiple industries, the firm is now widely considered to be a leader in company-side engagements in the restructuring and bankruptcy field, along with having genuine credibility in creditor-side representations. It benefits from its bountiful private equity client base, along with a substantial list of public company clients, rounded off by its contacts to banks, direct lenders and private credit providers. Ray Schrock has joined as global chair of the restructuring and special situations team, arriving alongside Candace Arthur and Alexander Welch from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Andrew Parlen was hired from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP to lead the US restructuring team, while Joseph Zujkowski has arrived from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP to bolster the team’s creditor-side expertise. George Davis has an outstanding reputation, with Los Angeles-based Jeff Bjork and Chicago’s Caroline Reckler also highly rated. David Hammerman and Los Angeles-based Helena Tseregounis are notable practitioners. Named individuals are based in New York unless stated otherwise.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- International trade and national security > National Security
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Government > Government contracts
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense